Question

The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better.

“As far as I see, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” Yu said. “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system. ”

Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.

The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.

B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of national college entrance exam.

C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.

D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

2.According to the passage, Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.

A. the new exam and admission system will make no difference

B. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance exam

C. the reform may accomplish the very opposite

D. Western educational system does not apply to China

3.What does the passage try to express in the underlined sentence?

A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.

B. Whether students should study English hard may depend on their major.

C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.

D. English must be close to full mark.

4.What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To advise students not to devote themselves to English.

B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.

C. To support the act of Ministry of Education.

D. To encourage students to do as they have planned.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：实行了三十年的高考制度将会进行改革，到2020年，英语将退出高考。即将实行的新政策允许考生自己决定参加考试的时间和参加的次数，这样有助于帮助学生减轻学习压力。不过，高考新政在上海得到了专家和家长的质疑。

1. 。根据第一段“Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.”可知，考试将一年分多次进行，考生可以选择参加考试的时间和参加的次数，以减轻考生的压力，并改变一考定终身的考试制度，故选D。

2.Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better”可知，上海的教育专家和家长怀疑新的改革能否真正减轻学生的压力，能否反映学生的英语技能并帮助学生把英语学得更好，故选C。

3.while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system.”可知，高考时的英语测试只是作为入学参考，不同的大学、不同的专业对英语都有不同程度的要求，可见，有的专业对英语的要求较高的话，学生必须得把英语学好，故选B。

4.The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.”可知，考试改革不会影响到未来三年参加高考的学生的学习计划。文章只是讲述了高考要进行改革这一消息，并未号召大家支持新的政策，文章强调新的政策不会影响到现在学生的学习计划，故选D。

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